Highway reflector mounting



April 8, 1941.

H. J. STAMBAUGH, JR

HIGHWAY REFLECTOR MOUNTING Filed March 15, 1939 2 Sheets-vSheet- 2 ali n 5 llllll-E ITIUEIT'ILEJI' H- J. EJTHIABHUGH IE 33 Patented Apr. 8, 1941 UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE HIGHWAY REFLECTOR MOUNTING Harry Jackson Stambaugh, Jr.,

Hamilton,

Application March 15, 1939, Serial No. 261,989

4 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in highway marker mountings for the reflector type of marker so commonly employed on roadsides for giving warning to motorists of curves, intersections and the like and an object of the invention is to devise improved means for attachin the reflectors to a post which will be inexpensive and which can be readily attached to and de tached from the post.

A further object is to devise a mounting in which the reflector can be adjusted with respect to the post to vary the angularity of its reflecting surface Vertically.

With the above and other objects in View which will hereinafter appear as the specification proceeds, my invention consists, in its preferred embodiment, of the construction and arrangement as hereinafter more particularly described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 represents a front view of a mounting constructed according to my invention wherein .two sets of reflectors are employed facing in D- posite directions.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken through the line 33 (Fig. 1).

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken through the line 4-4 (Fig. 2).

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary vertical section similar to Fig. 3 showing the form of construction wherein only one set of reflectors is employed.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken through the line 6-45 (Fig. 5).

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the mountings, and

Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the cap member.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views of the drawings.

In the drawings l indicates the post which as illustrated is of U-shaped cross-section although it may be of any other desirable section such as angle, channel or T.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, as there are in such construction two sets of reflectors facing in opposite directions, I provide two mountings disposed opposed-1y to each other. Each mounting comprises a vertical member 2 of channel form adapted to straddle the post I, the wings 3 of one mounting 2 overlying the wings 3 of the opposed mounting. Such wings have portions disposed perpendicularly to the front 4 which contact the sides of the post or the corresponding portions of the wings of the other mounting, and

also portions which are inclined outwardly from the perpendicular portions to their junction with the side edges of the front 4. Consequently vertical V-sh-aped grooves 5 are constituted in such mountings adjacent their fronts.

Such fronts 4 have orifices B .to receive the reflectors l, which latter have flanges 8 which abut the inner faces of the mounting fronts.

A vertical member 9 having inwardly offset ends H1 is inserted into each mounting with its side edges located in the V-shaped grooves 5 and as the member 9 is of metal and somewhat resilient the offset ends engaging the walls of the grooves force the member into engagement with the inner faces of the reflectors I retaining them in the orifices B.

The wings 3 of each mounting 2 have horizontal upper and lower slots II in the perpendicular portions thereof by means of Which the mountings are secured to the post. This is achieved by applying the two mountings opposedly to the post I as illustrated so that the slots H of each register with each other and inserting a :bolt [2 through each set of slots and through the post. The bolts are provided with nuts I3 of any suitable type which will require a special tool to remove them so that they cannot be illicitly displaced and the mountings detached from the post.

In order to protect the assembly from the Weather, a cap member I4 is provided having a depending skirt l5 and such cap member is applied over the top of the post and the tops of the mountings. It may be secured in place by any suitable means. As illustrated it has depending lugs 16 with vertical slots ll therein and the bolts 12 are adapted to extend through such slots H.

In the form of the invention as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, as only one set of reflectors is required only one mounting is necessary. Otherwise the construction is identical to the form illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4.

When the mountings are applied to the .post, the latter engages the offset ends of the. member 9 and the ensuing friction therebe tween prevents the member 9 from being illicitly removed from the lower or open end of the mounting.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have devised a simple and effective re flector mounting which can be readily attached to and detached from a post and in which its unauthorized removal therefrom Will be prevented. I have also devised a mounting which will be capable of being adjusted within small limits due to the provision of the horizontal slots II so as to vary the angularity of the reflectors vertically.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a highway reflector marker, the combination with a reflector, of a reflector mounting adapted to detachably receive the reflector and comprising a Vertical member of channel form with vertical wings having portions perpendicular to its front and outwardly inclined portions joining the perpendicular portions with the side edges of the front whereby opposed vertical grooves of V-shaped cross-section are constituted in such mounting, and means for retaining the reflector in the mounting, said mean-s being slidable in the grooves.

2. In a highway reflector marker, the combination with :a reflector having a peripheral flange, of a reflector mounting comprising a vertical member of channel form with an orifice in its front adapted to detachably receive the reflector such that the flange of the reflector abuts the inner face of such front and with vertical wings having portions perpendicular to its front and outwardly inclined portions joining the perpendicular portion with the side edges of the front whereby opposed Vertical grooves of V-shaped cross-section are constituted in such mounting, and a member inserted into the mounting with its side edges in such grooves and slidable therein, said member abutting the reflector to retain it in place in the orifice in the front of the mounting.

3. In a highway reflector marker, the combination with a reflector having a peripheral flange, of a reflector mounting of channel form having an orifice in its front adapted to detachably receive the reflector with its flange abutting the inner face of the front of the mounting and the wings of the mounting having opposed vertical grooves therein adjacent to its front, and a member inserted into the mounting with its side edges in the opposed grooves and slidable therein, said member abutting the reflector to retain it in place in the orifice in the front of the mounting.

4. The combination with a post, of a highway reflector mounting comprising a member of channel form straddling the post, said member having side wing portions adapted to engage the sides of the post and a front portion having a reflector receiving orifice therein and positioned in front of the post and joining the side wing portions together, a reflector having a peripheral flange and inserted through the orifice from the inside whereby the flange abuts the inner face of such front portion, means slidable in the reflector mounting between the front portion and the front of the post for detachably retaining the reflector in such front portion, each of said side win portions having upper and lower substantially horizontal elongated slots therein, bolts extending through the slots in the side wing portions and through the post, and nuts threaded on the free ends of said bolts.

HARRY JACKSON STAMBAUGH, JR. 

